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- Switzerland (22270 bytes)
14: capital = [[Bern]] |latd=46|latm=57|latNS=N|longd=7|longm=27|lon...
18: ...es = <!-- ordered by seniority -->[[Moritz Leuenberger]] <small>([[President of the Confederation (S...
29: ...al Charter]]<br> [[August 1]], [[1291]]<br> [[October 24]], [[1648]]<br>[[1848]]|
46: ...] and the city states of [[Lucerne]], [[Z?] and [[Berne]], forming the "Old Federation" of eight state...
50: ... and [[1531]] (''Kappeler Kriege''). The conflict between Catholic and Protestant cantons persisted, e... - Slovakia (19892 bytes)
52: ...st and [[Hungary]] in the south. Slovakia is a member of the [[European Union]] and has a population o...
56: ...n Slovak: ''Slovenská republika''). The relation between those two name forms is exactly the same as ...
63: ...], a barbarian kingdom founded by the Germanic tribe of [[Quadi]], existed in western and central Slov...
67: ...ethnic composition of present-day Slovakia itself became more diverse due to the arrival of the [[Carp...
71: ...ssburg/Pressporek/Posonium/Posony'' at that time) became its capital in 1536. But the [[Ottoman wars]]... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
21: leader_names = [[Mary McAleese]]<br>[[Bertie Ahern]] |
40: ... by treaty<br>[[21 January]] [[1919]]<br>[[6 December]] [[1921]] |
58: ...s treaties, government and legal documents and membership of international organisations.
60: ...achieved ''de facto'' independence in [[1922]] it became known as the "[[Irish Free State]]", a name t...
65: The partition of Ireland came about because of complex constitutional developments in th... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
20: ...olspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu<br>([[Malay language|Malay]]: Unity I...
74: .... [[Ptolemy]] showed it on his early map with a label that translates as "''Golden Chersonese''", the ...
76: ... and [[Lembah Bujang]] in [[Kedah]], as well as [[Beruas]] and [[Gangga Negara]] in [[Perak]] and [[Pa...
84: ...ogether as the [[Federated Malay States]] (not to be confused with the [[Federation of Malaya]]), were...
88: ... [[Federation of Malaya]]. Singapore's request to be part of this independent state was rejected by Lo... - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[November 2]], [[1889]] |
38: ...[[Sioux]]) [[Native American|American Indian]] tribe.
39: ...] was admitted on the same day (see '''Trivia''', below).
54: ... of U.S. state insects|State insect]]:''' [[Honey bee]] - Apis Mellifera L.
65: *[[Aberdeen, South Dakota|Aberdeen]] - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...may be invented in an impractical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into ...
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
48: ** [[Fermentation]] to produce [[beer]] in [[Sumeria]]
51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
53: * [[Rubber]] in [[Mesoamerica]] - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
28: *[[Bernard Quaritch|Quaritch, Bernard]], (1819 - 1899), German-born, London-based ...
47: ...dolphe Quetelet|Quetelet, Adolphe]], (1796-1874), Belgian astronomer - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey]] ([[1852]]-[[1911]])
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - Claude Monet (4533 bytes)
2: ...onet''' ([[November 14]], [[1840]] – [[December 5]], [[1926]]) was a French [[impressionism|impr...
4: ...usiness, but Claude Monet wanted to paint. On the beaches of Normandy, he met [[Eug�ne Boudin]], who...
8: ... they shared new approaches to art, which came to be known as [[impressionism]], featuring open spaces...
10: ...[[Camille Doncieux]]. Shortly thereafter Doncieux became pregnant and bore their first child, Jean.
15: ...ng in the first [[impressionist]] exhibition in [[1874]] and is now displayed in the [[Mus�e Marmottan... - Sumerian language (10760 bytes)
12: ... spoken language around 2000 BC, but continued to be used as a sacred, ceremonial and scientific langu...
16: ..., but Rawlinson's volumes contain little Sumerian because they mainly reproduce tablets from [[Akkadia...
18: Ernest de Sarzec (1832-1901) began excavating the Sumerian site of Tello (ancient...
20: The University of Pennsylvania began excavating Sumerian [[Nippur]] in 1888.
24: - American football (39287 bytes)
11: ...er 150 other countries. ''Super Bowl Sunday'' has become an annual ritual in late January or early Feb...
23: Football is played at a number of levels in the United States and abroad. These...
29: ...s American football]] - since [[2000]], there has been a surge of women's professional leagues.
38: ...920-present). Differences with college rules will be noted. Professional, college, high school, and am...
42: ...ts leagues, no promotion/relegation schemes exist between the NFL and these other leagues. - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...ting to reach heaven, similar to the [[Tower of Babel]] story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exem...
5: ...reasingly, [[Graphite-reinforced_plastic|carbon fiber]], which is prized for its lightness and strengt...
7: ==Before the 20th century==
15: ... late 20th century from materials that would have been available to da Vinci. The design was deemed fl...
17: ...Sufficiently light and powerful engines would not be available for powered flight until the [[gasoline... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
5: ==Alphabetical list==
14: *[[Edward Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]...
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
20: *[[Leo Baekeland]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
26: *[[Arnold O. Beckman]], (1900 - 2004), [[pH]] meter - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ...dison''' ([[February 11]], [[1847]] – [[October 18]], [[1931]]) was an [[United States|American]...
10: ...on land the British government gave those who had been loyal to it. In 1811, three generations of Edis...
12: ..., temporarily leaving his wife Nancy and children behind.
16: ...three-months of formal schooling. His mother had been a school teacher in Canada and happily took ove...
18: ...ed the life of J.U. MacKenzie's son, Jimmie, from being struck by a runaway railcar. MacKenzie was so... - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
8: *[[1860]] - [[Pony Express]] begins
11: *[[1861]] - [[Abraham Lincoln]] becomes President
13: *[[1861]] - [[American Civil War]] begins at [[Fort Sumter]]
16: ...e which objected to Lincoln's suspension of ''[[habeas corpus]]''
25: *[[1863]] - Pro-Union counties become sovereign state of [[West Virginia]] - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...licts with the native [[Sioux]] and [[Apache]] tribes, and the eventual displacement of much of the na...
7: ...s Congress|Congress]] to resist readmitting the rebel states without first imposing preconditions. A ...
11: ...rotection for life or property now exist in the rebel States."
13: ...rs]] by southerners, and were widely perceived as being motivated by graft and corruption, while local...
21: ...rmal place as full citizens; in return the whites became reintegrated into the Union. Now that Africa... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
3: ...es that can be seen both day and night (the other being the [[Moon]]). It is sometimes referred to as ...
5: ... on Venus's motion) and must have been known long before in prehistoric times, given that it is the th...
7: ... ''[[Wiktionary:Venereal|Venereal]]'', is avoided because of its modern association with [[sexually tr...
14: ...here, the temperature does not vary significantly between the night and day sides of Venus despite its...
16: ... cover keeps the planet much cooler than it would be otherwise. The immense quantity of CO<sub>2</sub... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
8: * [[1773]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic ...
16: * [[1912]] - [[Robert Falcon Scott]] reaches the [[South Pole]], one ...
21: * [[1945]] - The [[Nazi]]s begin the evacuation of the [[Auschwitz concentratio...
22: ... 1945 - [[Sweden|Swedish]] diplomat [[Raoul Wallenberg]] disappears in [[Hungary]] while in [[Soviet U...
24: * [[1949]] - [[The Goldbergs]], the first [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] on Am... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ... [[March 25]] ([[Lady Day]] or Annunciation Day), between the [[13th century]] and [[1752]], January 1...
9: *[[1438]] - [[Albert II of Habsburg]] is crowned King of [[Hungary]]...
10: *[[1600]] - [[Scotland]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]].
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
13: *[[1700]] - [[Russia]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]]. - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...the [[World Series Trophy]]. The World Series has been an annual event since 1903, with the exception ...
3: ...n the [[1918 World Series]], completed on [[September 11]], [[1918]].
5: ... the home-field advantage was switched every year between the American League and the National League....
7: ...ion but not earning a [[wild card]] receive them, because there are more divisions and each division i...
9: ...ide [[Major League Baseball]], no challenges have been made by other leagues. Attempts to pit the [[N...
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